diff --git a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.1 b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.1
index 040ab496ceb3..589b9a92aa77 100644
--- a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.1
+++ b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.1
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ to be linked in before any
 other shared libraries.
 If the directory is not specified then
 the directories specified by
-.It Ev LD_PRELOAD_PATH_FDS
+.It Ev LD_PRELOAD_FDS
 A colon separated list of file descriptor numbers for libraries.
 This is intended for preloading libraries in which we already have a file
 descriptor.